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r82018 | senthil.kumaran | 2010-06-16 20:25:31 +0530 (Wed, 16 Jun 2010) | 3 lines
Fix Issue8937 - SimpleHTTPServer should contain usage example
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diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index d647980..3d15b9e 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -281,8 +281,30 @@
contents of the file are output. If the file's MIME type starts with
``text/`` the file is opened in text mode; otherwise binary mode is used.
- For example usage, see the implementation of the :func:`test` function.
+ For example usage, see the implementation of the :func:`test` function
+ invocation in the :mod:`http.server` module.
+The :class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` class can be invoked the following manner
+with the :mod:`http.server` to create a very basic webserver serving files
+relative to the current directory.::
+
+ import http.server
+ import socketserver
+
+ PORT = 8000
+
+ Handler = http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+
+ httpd = socketserver.TCPServer(("", PORT), Handler)
+
+ print("serving at port", PORT)
+ httpd.serve_forever()
+
+:mod:`http.server` can also be invoked directly using the ``-m`` switch of
+interpreter a with ``port number`` argument which interfaces
+:class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` by default.::
+
+ python -m http.server 8000
.. class:: CGIHTTPRequestHandler(request, client_address, server)